Everything Reaches Out to Everything Else

Set in the older urban neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Everything Reaches Out to Everything Else shares poetry that explores the nature of our contemporary world and the interconnectedness of life. Included is the poem Atwater, which received the Crossing Boundaries Award for Innovative and Experimental Writing from International Quarterly.

Set in the older urban neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Everything Reaches Out to Everything Else shares poetry that explores the nature of our contemporary world and the interconnectedness of life. Included is the poem Atwater, which received the Crossing Boundaries Award for Innovative and Experimental Writing from International Quarterly. These heartfelt poems capture longings, fears, and the beauty of the moment, while also recognizing the anxiety of living in the world today.

Jacqueline De Angelis is a poet and fiction writer who is the winner of the Crossing Boundaries Award for innovative and experimental writing. She also was a finalist for the Emily Dickinson, Allen Ginsberg, and Finishing Line Press' New Women's Voices awards. Her poetry has been published in Agni, International Quarterly, The Patterson Literary Review, Minute Magazine, and in Another City: Writing from Los Angeles, City Lights Press, among other publications. She cofounded and published the first literary magazine and press started in Los Angeles by women: rara avis/Books of a Feather. De Angelis received her MFA from Bennington College in Vermont and has taught writing workshops in various elementary, senior schools, and colleges. She has been in residency at Dorland Mountain Colony and Hedgebrook. Jacqueline writes from Topanga Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains and can be reached at jacquelinedeangelis.com